The World of Web 2.0 and You: Exploring the Power of Participatory Media in Education
Description
The shift of the web from a 1-way form (web 1.0) communication to 2-way (web 2.0) is fundamentally shifting society in the ways we communicate, connect, collaborate, create, and maybe even think. While this shift to participatory media is changing many facets of society, it is in education where the power and philosophy of web 2.0 is affording us new opportunities and approaches to what we already know to be best practices. However, with these inevitable changes to education, critical questions have emerged regarding the use of these Web 2.0 technologies in education. How do we best leverage these in the classroom? What is the right tool for the right moment? Where do we go to stay current with all of these changes? Why do we need to bring web 2.0 into the classroom? Do they actually lead to new literacies or do they simply offer a new way to attain existing ones? What impact are they really having on students and schools? Can one be an excellent teacher without using today's technology? This session will strive to answer these and many other questions as we explore the power of participatory media in education starting from square one.
Overview
Web 2.0 Thinking is not about tools; it is a state of mind that believes in a progressive, 21st Century learning ecosystem that focuses on collaborating, creating, contributing, connecting, and communicating. The key is a focus on learning NOT on technology; the technology is a given. As NCTE states in their recent Toward A Definition of 21st-Century Literacies, "Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies."
Glenbrook Academy students may have put it best when they said, "A 21st Century teaching and learning environment is a constantly connected, collaborative, environment with critical-thinking creators" and that is what this conversation is all about today.
Building Your Participatory Media Classroom
Create a Digital Community
Create Digital Collaborators
Create Digital Communicators
Create Digital Contributors and Prosumers
Create Digital Connectors
The World of Web 2.0 and You: Exploring the Power of Participatory Media in Education
Description
The shift of the web from a 1-way form (web 1.0) communication to 2-way (web 2.0) is fundamentally shifting society in the ways we communicate, connect, collaborate, create, and maybe even think. While this shift to participatory media is changing many facets of society, it is in education where the power and philosophy of web 2.0 is affording us new opportunities and approaches to what we already know to be best practices. However, with these inevitable changes to education, critical questions have emerged regarding the use of these Web 2.0 technologies in education. How do we best leverage these in the classroom? What is the right tool for the right moment? Where do we go to stay current with all of these changes? Why do we need to bring web 2.0 into the classroom? Do they actually lead to new literacies or do they simply offer a new way to attain existing ones? What impact are they really having on students and schools? Can one be an excellent teacher without using today's technology? This session will strive to answer these and many other questions as we explore the power of participatory media in education starting from square one.
Overview
Web 2.0 Thinking is not about tools; it is a state of mind that believes in a progressive, 21st Century learning ecosystem that focuses on collaborating, creating, contributing, connecting, and communicating. The key is a focus on learning NOT on technology; the technology is a given. As NCTE states in their recent Toward A Definition of 21st-Century Literacies, "Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies."
Glenbrook Academy students may have put it best when they said, "A 21st Century teaching and learning environment is a constantly connected, collaborative, environment with critical-thinking creators" and that is what this conversation is all about today.
Slideshow
Classroom Examples
Videos
Learning to Change, Changing to Learn
Learning to Change, Changing to Learn: Student Voices
New Media Literacies
Connectivism
Now What?
Building Your Professional Learning Network
Google Reader (Blogs to Add: Techlearning Blog ,
Delicious
Social Networking such as Classroom 2.0
Twitter
Building Your Participatory Media Classroom
Create a Digital Community
Create Digital Collaborators
Create Digital Communicators
Create Digital Contributors and Prosumers
Create Digital Connectors
Now What? Start Adding to Your Toolbox
Resources for Finding New Web 2.0 Tools
Resources
Books
Articles/White Papers
Using technology in teaching and learning
Research on the Effectiveness of Technology in Schools: The Roles of Pedagogy and Content
Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning?